I would love to change the boot order on my laptop. Mainly because it is shared, and I am the only one who uses Ubuntu (version 9.10)... So everyone keeps moaning for me to change it!
Following all the sound advice from this forum it looks easy... Except /boot/grub/menu.lst does not exist!
I installed ubuntu on my internal hard disk I experienced a problem with Grub and I just formatted all the Ubuntu Partitions and convert their format to NTFS to restore my windows (I have a backup) but now despite of I format all the Ubuntu's partitions but in the boot time, the grub exist and the grub apear I want to know where does grub exist? I installed ubuntu on the dual booter situation and it was ubuntu 9.10
View 1 Replies View RelatedI just installed 10.04 over my previous dual boot with Windows7 and 9.10. Went well. Now, in the Grub2 menu, there are like 14 kernels. I tried to find them in Synaptic to delete them, but they are not there! So, I went to grub.cfg and deleted the entries, updated grub, and they were back! How do I get rid of these entries?
View 6 Replies View RelatedIn etc/grub I don't have 05_debian_theme, but I do have it in grub.d.old.
Because I'm such a huge noob I don't want to **** anything up, but I want to be able to change theme.
9.10 has no menu.lst file and hitting ESC to does not bring up the grub menu. How can we set bootup options or boot an alternate kernel? I would really like to set the resolution at boot time so that my console (Ctrl-Alt-F5, for example) has 80 columns instead of 40. (What a stupid default, gigantic Commodore-64-like text!) It would also be nice if the Login screen could be set to the resolution that I want.
In previous releases, there were ways to do this. In 9.10, I haven't been able to figure out how.
Is there a document explaining all of the radical changes?
9.10 has no menu.lst file and hitting ESC to does not bring up the grub menu. How can we set bootup options or boot an alternate kernel? I would really like to set the resolution at boot time so that my console (Ctrl-Alt-F5, for example) has 80 columns instead of 40. (What a stupid default, gigantic Commodore-64-like text!) It would also be nice if the Login screen could be set to the resolution that I want. In previous releases, there were ways to do this. In 9.10, I haven't been able to figure out how.
View 1 Replies View RelatedFresh install of 9.10. Update all. The update froze at the very end: configuring grub-pc. I let it run like that all night before settling for a reboot while the update manager was still running. (The update also raised the kernel version.) After reboot, I tried the newer kernel [2.6.31-17-generic] at the grub menu and got this error:
Quote:
udevadm trigger is not permitted while udev is unconfigured.
udevadm settle is not permitted while udev is unconfigured.
svgalib: Cannot open /dev/mem.[code].....
And, cat /proc/modules gives me a long list of modules (too much to retype for now).So my hard drive is there. maybe some errors on the / home partition [sda6] and I can get to the root directory.
FYI: MS-win XP still boots fine from grub.
I have installed Lucid Lynx more than a dozen times in the past thirty hours and I've almost got it working with RAID. The current problem is with /dev/md0 not existing when grub2 tries to access it. When I boot from the alternate CD in rescue mode, Ubuntu sees /dev/md0 as a software RAID array and I can access the files accordingly. When I boot from the grub2 bootloader, it sits for a while before spitting out "Gave up waiting for root device" and tossing me into the initramfs shell where I can see that /dev/md0 doesn't (yet) exist. What can I change within grub2's configuration to inspire it to start /dev/md0 before trying to mount it?
View 6 Replies View RelatedAlright, I have downloaded the upgrade for 10.04 and installed upgraded from my previous 8.04. Everything was working all fine until I had to reboot my pc. When I did i got some errors
Mount: Mounting none on /dev
It goes on to tell me that my UUID does not exist. Then it says
ALERT! Alert! /dev/disk/by-uuid/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xx$ does not exist. Dropping to a shell! It then drops to a very simple shell which has no flexibility and is very frustrating.
EDIT: This is the full error message
Mount: Mounting none on /dev
boot args cat /proc/cmdline
check rootdelay =(did the system wait long enough?)
check root =(did the system wait for the right device?)
missing modules ( cat /proc/modules)ALERT! /dev/mapper/debian-root does not exist dropping to a shell.
Just tried installing Ubuntu 10.10 from a USB device on my Windows 7 machine but something goes wrong. Far into the installation the computer restarts, asks me which operating system I want to start (it had already done this once before) and I choose Ubuntu. Then I get three alternatives:
Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.35-22-generic
Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.35-22-generic (recovery mode)
Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sdb1)
I pick the top choice, and get the following message:
ALERT! /host/ubuntu/disks/root.disk does not exist. Dropping to a shell.
If I start recovery-mode i get the same message. There's some text above the message that reads "new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address"... Could there be a problem with the usb-drive? If I remove the USB drive I get the message: Gave up waiting for root device.
Code...
In what package does uno exist?
I have a dual boot windows XP/ubuntu 9.10 set up on one hard drive. Everything was working fine. The 9.10 install had been updated from 9.04. I recently had problems with the XP partition (XP basically collapsed) so I re-installed XP on the same partition it was on before. I then attempted to reinstall Ubuntu ( I decided I wanted a new 'clean' installation of Ubuntu as well). When I got to the partition function it refused to recognize that there is a Windows partition, or a previous ubuntu partition, but states 'No operating system installed' or similar, and offers the entire hard drive for installation. When I look at the partitions using Windows partition software the Windows and the ubuntu partitions are clearly in evidence. I have also tried to reinstall GRUB but it doesn't appear to exist.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI tried to download a photographic program called Bibble from:It is their Linux Deb version.I am using Karmic (64-bit) and get the following error message:/tmp/bibble5pro-5.0.3_i386.deb could not be opened, because the associated helper application does not exist. Change the association in your preferences.I removed GDeb and reinstalled it, still the problem.Which preferences is the error message referring to? I really would like to evaluate this program.PS, I opened GDeb and went to the /temp folder and clicked on bibble and get the error message "Wrong architecture i386" does this mean it is only 32-bit?
View 2 Replies View Relateddoes a version for kubuntu 11.04 64bit for a intel processor exists.
When I download the 64 Bit Version of kubuntu.org, the filename is named with "amd" at the end, but I need a version for intel bit64 (icore7).
I'm facing this problem since a month on Fedora 10. I have some 45 packages for upgrade through KPackageKit which belong to KDE.
While I give it to upgrade, it gives me a strange message which says
Multiple packages exist that are not compatible with each other.
This is usually due to mixing packages from different software sources.
When I press the details button, I get these details.
ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve:
libkwalletbackend.so.4 is needed by kdebase-runtime-4.2.0-7.fc10.i386
Please report this error at [URL]
I get this message only for the KDE packages. I have libkwalletbackend.so.4 in my /usr/lib directory.
I did a fresh install of F15, and I can not get it to boot
Quote:
Booting Fedora (2.6.38.6-27.fc15.x86_64)
root (hda,4)
Error 21: Selected disk does not exist
Press any key ton continue ...
The contents of my fstab
Quote:
UUID=9fc649bd-ea40-44ab-88f6-29afe4f26576 / ext3 defaults 1 1
UUID=2437a8af-311a-4caf-99b3-1f137df69d43 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
UUID=a6f67606-ecb6-47c4-8913-f101fc6a097e swap swap defaults 0 0
[code]....
From what I can figure out, grub can not figure out which disk has my root file system. I checked the partition labels and they match the UUID that are in my fstab.
Plan to use GRUB for multiple booting to select the OS but only with luck have I got it partially to work. Windows 98 and Puppy 431 O.K on first HDD but Puppy 421 on second HDD /dev/sdb1 stops at error 21.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI am running a fairly new Debain Jessie stable installation with Xfce desktop. I need to use Xfce4 becuas the standard Gnome 3 does ot work when logging in with xrdp which I use becuase the actual box is headless.
I have an issue when starting synaptic. When I start it from the menu entry it just does not start. When I start from the terminal with
Code: Select allgksudo synaptic
I get an error box "Unable to copy the user's Xauthorization file" At the same time I can see in the terminal window a message
"Error copying '/home/userxxx/.Xauthority' to /'tmp/libgksu-SwcIe0': File or Directory not found".
I assume it is related to that I use a rdp session to connect, but I am otherwise clueless.
Code: Select alluserxxx@server2>xauth
xauth: file /home/userxxx/.Xauthority does not exist
I have problem with installing GTK tools on openSUSE. And, the installation manual doesn't exist in GNOME websiteGetting ready for GNOME development
View 1 Replies View RelatedBasically, today I installed Ubuntu on my Toshiba NB200 to dual boot with XP. The installation went okay (I think) but after, when I rebooted, and selected Ubuntu from the possible selections, I got this message:Quote:Gave up waiting for root device.Common problems:
-Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
-check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
-check root= (did the system wait for the right device?)
[code]...
my laptop doesnt have any cdrom drive and all usbs are broken so wubi is my only option. oh and i use win 7 starter. i tried to install netbook edition to my laptop but i always get error. i can install with only "acpi workarounds". i dont even understand what it is the error and why i'm getting this error.
error is
Quote:
Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems:
-Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
-Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
-Check root= (did the system wait for the right device?)
-Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
ALERT! /dev/sda2 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
BusyBox v.1.15.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.15.3-1ubuntu5) built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands
(initramfs)
I am trying to install my laptop in a triple-boot configuration with Fedora 10, Windows XP and Windows 7 beta. I did already installed them in that order. This is how it is layed out on the harddisk:
Now i want to use grub to present a menu at boot so i can select an OS. Because I installed XP last it boots straight into XP. I've understood i should be able to do the following:
All goes well until the last step (grub-install). It gives an error stating that /dev/sda doesn't exist, which is correct; It doesn't. I do have the "device" listed outside of the chrooted environment.
My question is: How do I get /dev/sda available in my chrooted environment?
I downloaded the 32bit iso from the ubuntu website and wrote it to disc using imgburn.
The problem is that when i boot from cd i get the loading splashscreen with the 4 dots flashing then it loads the ubuntu background and my mouse curser spins around for awhile then tells me the installer encountered and unrecoverable error and a desktop session will now be run so you may investigate and problem or try installing again. When it reboots it asks for a username and password. i use ubuntu and blank and then it does a loop and the logon menu comes up again.
the computer is an old acer aspire running xp home sp2
i tried it on another computer a dell laptop running vista and it worked fine and can up with the menu and i clicked try now and it booted into the gui.
I've finished the installation of Debian Squeeze using Installer loader from Windows. But the Installer menu is still appear on Windows Boot Manager.
I've try to uninstall the "Installer Loader" from Windows and I got an error message about BCDEDIT (if I'm not wrong), during uninstallation process.
I ignore it, and continue the uninstallation process until complete. But, After I reboot my computer, the Installer menu is still appear on Windows Boot Manager.
I'm using Windows Vista Business SP2.
I had Windows 7 x64 installed, and then installed Ubuntu 10 from the LiveCD. I can now boot into Ubuntu just fine, but I never get the Grub menu that allows me to choose to boot into Windows. I already tried 'sudo update-grub2', which gave no errors but didn't work either.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have tryed to install Ubuntu 10.04 using both the USB flash drive andthe live cd and both have not worked. The load screen appears and right as it looks like it is done loading and is about to bring up the menu it goes black and my monitor says that there's no signal
View 3 Replies View RelatedI installed F14 from my usb according to the wiki page using unetbootin. The usb boots perfectly and i get a working F14 system. I partitioned my HD with gparted and got a /,/home and swap partition, then used the installer to install the system using them. The installer finishes without a problem and ask me to reboot. When I reboot , there is a blank black screen. No grub menu , no fedora loading. I reboot with the usb and the partitions are full with the files from F14 , there is no xorg.log in the /var/log/ so f14 doesn't even start so the problem seems to be with grub.
I check the grub.conf in /boot/ , i set the timeout to 5 secs , i check that the kernel is using nomodeset (according to this wiki page there is a problem with ati), xorg.conf is using vesa as a driver and I reinstall grub with grub-install with no problems.My notebook is a acer aspire 5552 , i don't think is a hardware problem because I've used arch and opensuse with no problems in it. Fedora seems a nice distro , but this error is preventing me from using it.
After installing 8.04 (from the "Ubuntu Unleashed" book), the login and pasword dialogs come up but they keep reappearing. The menu options are not available at the top-left. The only thing available is the bottom-left options to shutdown, change sessions, etc...When I Ctrl-Alt-F1, I can see that my login name and password are valid.I've read (somewhere) that the display configuration is very important. This makes me speculate my menu is somewhere off of the monitor. Maybe? Is there some means of booting to a basic configuration mode like the "safe mode" in a different and popular OS?
View 3 Replies View Relatedsingle hdd
/dev/sda1 = 100mb Windows7 boot part
/dev/sda2 = Windows7 part ( encrypted w/ Truecrypt)
/dev/sda5 = /boot Ubuntu 10.04
/dev/sda6 = / Ubuntu 10.04
Truecrypt bootloader is in the MBR
The Truecrypt bootloader will boot other loaders if esc is hit, I can choose to boot /dev/sda5 and grub loads, but no menu is displayed, all I get is a GRUB> cli. I've reinstalled Grub to /dev/sda5 using the chroot method outlined in the Grub2 info page on this site, but it always results in the same outcome of ending up in the Grub cli. I can chroot that install and attempt a update-grub, but all i get is "cannot find list of partitions!" attached is the boot_info_script results.
I've just installed Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook edition on a brand new Packard Bell Dot S2 netbook, and when the system rebooted after installation the netbook booted straight into Windows 7.
When I rebooted again and paid more attention to the boot process, there was no GRUB menu (like the one I get when booting up my desktop).
The Windows partition has been resized, but I can't seem to get to the new Ubuntu partition.